“Hopefull Handbags genuinely cares and supports survivors on their journey to success, whatever their unique success means to them.”
Our Story
Hopefull Handbags Global began in 2017 with a single handbag in memory of our founder, Cathlene’s grandmother, Carolyn.
Today, this small act of compassion has blossomed into a global nonprofit tirelessly promoting safety, health, wellness and long term financial stability for survivors and their children.
Through community engagement and personalized mentorship, we ensure that the real needs of survivors and their families are met, empowering them to rebuild their lives.
We are currently raising funds for Carolyn’s Haven of Hope Bridge Housing, a vital project designed to close the gap between emergency shelter stays and long-term independent living.
Our Programs
Our SHINE and NEW programs offer life-changing one-on-one mentorship that equips survivors with the tools they need to navigate their unique journeys, from finding stable employment to building self-confidence.
Every donation made to Hopefull Handbags Global goes directly to the area it was donated in or the project it supports, ensuring maximum impact.
Get Involved
Our approach is deeply rooted in community involvement. Individuals, businesses, and organizations can contribute by donating, volunteering, or becoming drop-off locations. Your donations of handbags, journals, or essentials help start vital conversations that lead to real change.
Visit our Essentials List or start a Hopefull Handbag Affiliate near you to learn how you can make a difference.
Together, we can create lasting positive change, empowering survivors and building healthier communities around the world.
Impact of our Work
Our Hopefull Handbags are sometimes the first step in overcoming the fear about change. You do have support.
Hopefull Handbags focuses on providing the knowledge, information, and tools to help you to feel inspired, motivated and empowered to create positive change in your life which affects everything and everyone around you. Learn More about our Survivor Services.
Cathlene's Story
Cathlene’s Why Behind Hopefull Handgbags Global
Cathlene Miner is the founder and CEO of Hopefull Handbags Global Non Profit, Inc. an author, international speaker, on-air personality, CEO mother and grandmother.
After seeing her grandmother live in and deal with domestic abuse daily she knew at a young age that something had to change. Cathlene’s parents broke the cycle and she feels blessed to have seen first hand what healthy relationships look like.
Cathlene is dedicated to spreading the message of hope and raising awareness that Abuse of any kind is NOT OK and that there is help and support globally. The more adults we can get to safety they fewer children that have to grow up in abusive homes.
It is time to change the patterns so that Domestic Abuse is brought out in to the open. Hopefull Handbags Global Non Profit, Inc. assists communities globally in this vision through partnerships, sponsors, local advocates, and support from businesses worldwide.
It’s Happening Everywhere, Dating and Domestic Abuse As young as age 13
- On average, nearly 20 people per minute are physically abused by an intimate partner in the United States. During one year, this equates to more than 10 million women and men.
- 1 in 4 women and 1 in 9 men experience severe intimate partner physical violence, intimate partner contact sexual violence, and/or intimate partner stalking with impacts such as injury, fearfulness, post-traumatic stress disorder, use of victim services, contraction of sexually transmitted diseases, etc.
- 1 in 3 women and 1 in 4 men have experienced some form of physical violence by an intimate partner. This includes a range of behaviors (e.g. slapping, shoving, pushing) and in some cases might not be considered “domestic violence.”
- 1 in 7 women and 1 in 25 men have been injured by an intimate partner.
- 1 in 10 women have been raped by an intimate partner. Data is unavailable on male victims.
- 1 in 4 women and 1 in 7 men have been victims of severe physical violence (e.g. beating, burning, strangling) by an intimate partner in their lifetime.
- 1 in 7 women and 1 in 18 men have been stalked by an intimate partner during their lifetime to the point in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed.
- On a typical day, there are more than 20,000 phone calls placed to domestic violence hotlines nationwide.
Source: National Coalition Against Domestic Violence NCADV